Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good
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| Title: | Structures of Grace: Catholic Organizations Serving the Global Common Good |
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| Description: | The theological, spiritual, and practical meanings of successful faith-based organizations at work internationally, nationally, and locally This study of non-official structures, lay and religious, focuses on little known but enormously effective ecclesial organizations. Hundreds of these transnational Christian organizations are involved in global social engagement that includes • Immigration reform• Affordable housing• Universal healthcare• Retirement security• Food security• Wage equity• Peace in Iraq through economic development• Fair trade• Socially responsible investment • The promotion of peace and democracy• Service to the most marginalized groups• Human rights advocacy• Efforts to reform the structures of global governance. It presents imitable case studies on the international level such as • The International Movement of Catholic Students• The Jesuit Refugee Service and on the national level, such as Network, a Roman Catholic social justice lobby most visible to the public by Nuns on a Bus, and local case studies such as homeless shelters and parish soup kitchens. Structures of Grace shows how these church organizations work and why they are one of humankind's best hopes for a better world. |
| Authors: | Ahern, Kevin |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Subjects: | Church work--Catholic Church, Common good--Religious aspects--Catholic Church |
| Categories: | RELIGION / Christian Theology / Anthropology, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic / General, RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | The theological, spiritual, and practical meanings of successful faith-based organizations at work internationally, nationally, and locally This study of non-official structures, lay and religious, focuses on little known but enormously effective ecclesial organizations. Hundreds of these transnational Christian organizations are involved in global social engagement that includes • Immigration reform• Affordable housing• Universal healthcare• Retirement security• Food security• Wage equity• Peace in Iraq through economic development• Fair trade• Socially responsible investment • The promotion of peace and democracy• Service to the most marginalized groups• Human rights advocacy• Efforts to reform the structures of global governance. It presents imitable case studies on the international level such as • The International Movement of Catholic Students• The Jesuit Refugee Service and on the national level, such as Network, a Roman Catholic social justice lobby most visible to the public by Nuns on a Bus, and local case studies such as homeless shelters and parish soup kitchens. Structures of Grace shows how these church organizations work and why they are one of humankind's best hopes for a better world. |
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| ISBN: | 9781626981201 9781608335480 |
